14 DAY TRIAL // Neverwinter, the free-to-play action MMORPG made by Cryptic Studios, is getting a major expansion today: Infernal Descent. If you're playing (or plan to) on PC, you'll be happy to know that Neverwinter: Infernal Descent is available for download today. For those playing on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, the expansion will arrive on February 25.
Infernal Descent is set in the Forgotten Realms and has Neverwinter players experience an epic adventure based on Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons tabletop adventure, Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus. In the expansion, Vallenhas Manor has been ripped from Faerûn and pulled into the fiery depths of Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells, during the ongoing conflict between devils and demons known as the Blood War.
Now, players must team up with two new heroes, the Paladin Alric Vallenhas and the Bard Etrien Sael, along with heroes of yore for a grand adventure through the Nine Hells to save the people of Vallenhas Estate from the infernal machinations of the archdevil Zariel.
Gameplay-wise, the new endgame campaign has been specifically crafted for level 80 characters and contains a vast adventure zone with heroic encounters and a new challenging endgame dungeon set in a devil’s citadel right above Avernus. Also, other major additions include unique story instances, new diabolical enemies, equipment, and more.
And to add more flavor to the game, developers included a unique crafted opening that tells the story of the Vallenhas family and introduces Alric and Etrien, the two new heroes that you'll be teaming up with throughout the adventure.
On top of that, Neverwinter heroes must defeat a powerful devil in the repeatable conclusion to the Infernal Descent questline, as well as take on the Infernal Citadel dungeon, which is set in a deadly devil’s citadel that floats above Avernus.